Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win  —  Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies - and loses his seat  —  Australia's centre-left prime minister, Anthony Albanese …

Vance defends Trump's post depicting AI-generated image of himself as pope  —  The vice president said he is “fine with people telling jokes.”  —  Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump after he posted an AI image of himself as pope on Truth Social, dismissing the post as a joke.

Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence  —  The arrangement puts money in Trump's pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.  —  WASHINGTON — An international trucking logistics firm …

Inside Waltz's ouster: Before Signalgate, talks with Israel angered Trump  —  The fired national security adviser engaged in intense coordination with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about military options against Iran ahead of an Oval Office meeting between the Israeli leader and Trump, two people said.

2 Planes Abort Landings as Army Helicopter Flies Near D.C. Airport  —  The episode followed a fatal collision between a military helicopter and a commercial jet in January, and prompted concern and outrage among officials.  —  Federal transportation safety officials were investigating …

Appeals court muddies plan to send Voice of America staff back to work  —  The U.S.-funded news service, which has been in limbo as its leaders wage a court fight against the Trump administration, faced legal whiplash over the weekend.  —  EDITOR'S NOTE  —  This article was published …

Harvard's President Alan Garber Talks About His Legal Fight With Trump  —  Alan Garber became a hero to liberals after Harvard resisted the federal government.  At the same time, he is trying to remake campus culture in ways the Trump administration might appreciate.

More than 15,000 USDA employees take Trump's offer to resign  —  Their departures will affect how the department administers food safety and nutrition programs, conducts research and offers services to farmers.  —  At least 15,000 Agriculture Department employees have taken …

L.A. federal prosecutors resign over plea deal for convicted sheriff's deputy, sources say  —  Several federal prosecutors — including the chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section — have submitted their resignations following a plea deal offered by the new U.S. attorney …

Don't Look at Stock Markets.  Look at the Ports.  —  A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.  —  Stock markets plunged for days after President Donald Trump announced steep tariffs on imports from around the world.  The sell-off ebbed only when he suspended most …

An unwelcome surge of rightwing populism in Britain  —  Rise of Nigel Farage's Reform UK threatens the Labour-Conservative duopoly  —  The populist-nationalist bug first gripped the UK in the 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU.  Yet Britain has long seemed an outlier among its peers …

‘Do I Look Like I Care?’:  AOC Shreds Trump's Border Czar In Blunt Free Speech Reminder  —  The congresswoman slammed Tom Homan after he claimed she could be in “trouble” over her “know your rights” advice.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tore apart White House border czar Tom Homan …

Budgets as Propaganda  —  If you are wonky enough to be reading this blog, you have probably heard the expression, “a budget is a moral document”.  Budgets are not just pages of numbers, they are also statements of values.  It is one of those insights, once learned, that seems indisputable and never to be forgotten.

Lawsuit Against Humanities Endowment Offers Details on DOGE  —  Three scholarly groups are challenging the recent cancellation of most grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities.  —  Three major scholarly groups have sued the National Endowment for the Humanities and Elon Musk's Department …

Trump Rages at Own Judge After Ruling Halting Deportations Under Wartime Act  —  DID IT TO YOURSELF  —  “Our Country, as we know it, is finished!” the president wrote after a court ruled he could not deport migrants without due process.  —  President Donald Trump had a meltdown Saturday …

How Trump Accidentally Sabotaged His Own Case Against Abrego Garcia  —  He has now said it right out in the open—not once but twice.  In two major interviews, President Donald Trump openly declared that he has the power to bring the wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States.

I Teach Computer Science, and That Is All  —  On Oct. 8, 2023, I was on the steps of Harvard's Widener Library, taking part in a vigil for the victims of Hamas's terrorist attack.  I'm an Israeli American tenured professor, and I felt it was my duty to stand up for Jewish and Israeli students.